Meet The Richest Women In The World Who Are Collectively Worth $114.6billion

Christy Walton, who inherited a portion of the Walmart fortune after her husband’s death in 2005, is the richest woman in North America and the world with an estimated net worth of US$37.9 billion, according to a Wealth-X list of the wealthiest women in each region released today. Taking second place on the Wealth-X list is Liliane Bettencourt, heiress of the French cosmetic giant L’Oreal, whose personal fortune of US$31.3 billion earns her the title of richest woman in Europe.

Collectively, the women on the list controls US$114.6 billion of personal wealth. The oldest female billionaire on the list is Bettencourt at 92 years of age, while the youngest is 33-year-old Yang Huiyan, whose father Yang Guoquiang transferred 70% of his shares in Country Garden Group, a Chinese real estate development firm, to her before the its 2007 IPO.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s three daughters – who, along with their brothers, have been on the receiving end of the asset transfer that Slim reportedly began in 2003, emerged as the richest women in Latin America. Each of the three sisters is estimated to be worth US$6.3 billion.

Estimated Net Worth
Name                                 (In US$ billion)  

Christy Walton                     37.9

Liliane Bettencourt               31.3

Gina Reinhart                       14.8

Vanessa Paola Slim              6.3 each

HajjMaria Soumaya 

Slim de Romero

Johanna Monique 

Slim Ayub

Yang Huiyan                         6.3

Shari Arison                          4.2

Folorunsho Alakija               1.2

About Wealth-X
Wealth-X is the world’s leading ultra high net worth (UHNW) intelligence and prospecting firm with the largest collection of curated research on UHNW individuals, defined as those with net assets of US$30 million and above. Headquartered in Singapore, it has 13 offices on five continents. (www.wealthx.com)